Going Car Free: Assessing the barriers to low-carbon transport for existing car users

The Going Car Free pilot followed ten individuals as they hung up the keys to their cars for three weeks without significantly changing their everyday routines. The individuals came from a variety of backgrounds across the four cities Possible’s Car Free Cities campaign operates in - Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and London. We assessed the changes these individuals would need to make in order to live a car-free lifestyle and the barriers (both personal and structural) in their way and specifically focussed on the relative cost and time of using alternatives compared to that of their cars.